Problem with autofs on linux.

[Paul Lussier]

"Steven W. Orr" <steveo at syslang.net> writes:

> Then in auto.direct you say
>
> /usr/local/viasat	bos-srv-lnx:/usr/local/viasat
>
> Great idea but it doesn't work. The automounter initializes itself but if 
> you try to access /usr/local/viasat there's nothing there. :-(

What happens if you try to cd into /usr/local/viasat/foo ?  With
automounter, subdir 'foo' isn't there *until* you request it.  cd'ing
into the mountpoint dir will not show you the available locations to
be automounted, you actually have to know where you're going before
you go there...

-- 
Seeya,
Paul